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by alexro 17y ago
Much was said about the different aspects of design, but what I want to point you to is the ultimate goal of design. It's not for you to "like it", it's for your visitors to get the most out of your website, and seen from that perspective,
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by alexro 17y ago
I think that its easier to relate yourself to the situation when you feel the body dynamics of the pictured people, and elbows probably the least we need to be able to do that.
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by alexro 17y ago
If you want to know what kind of player you are, think about how you respond to difficult situations or poorly done work. If you feel anger or kind of OK with it, then you're all but A player. On the other hand, if you feel an urge to do th
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by alexro 17y ago
Excellent article, I agree. But also thinking that these people just aren't the target audience of Twitter. They don't need to update anybody really as they obviously aren't in the "social web". On the other hand, if you want them to follow
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by alexro 17y ago
I think there must be already a service offering everyday good reviews on any selected website like Yelp. For business owners it would be a better brand management tool and probably the least expensive.
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by alexro 17y ago
And the downvotes the OP is getting clearly indicate that
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by alexro 17y ago
I agree with your take on mindset. But eyeballs isn't what makes the company successful in the end, the revenue does. And who has/will have more revenue is an open question for now. Personally I'd put on Posterous.
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by alexro 17y ago
As usual, there is a very file line in regulating any social activity, and in this case i think Twitter is very close to crossing it but still not done so. I think for these who are interested in building true relationships on Twitter curre
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by alexro 17y ago
2010 turns out to start full of good news about small teams. First Balsamiq story, now this one. Anticipated is a new wave of optimistic first-time entrepreneurs with financial projections built on these cases :)
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by alexro 17y ago
I'm not putting anything in there, so maybe it isn't appropriate for me to add columns. Though I've noticed the Primary Areas of Interest made it into the spreadsheet already.
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by alexro 17y ago
As one who tried to capture a cofounder in the past, I would insist on listing the primary area of interest (i.e. social media, search etc) and also what obstacles you from progressing on your own (i.e. lack of particular skill, lack of mon
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by alexro 17y ago
Did you find out if the CrowdFlower workers are more/less expensive compared to mturk (excluding CrowdFlower charges of course)? What I mean is there might be people wanting to work only under CrowdFlower's umbrella and asking more for thei
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by alexro 17y ago
Forget about competition Focus on customers Don't cut corners Stay agile forever
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by alexro 17y ago
Looks like you're overreacting here. All John said that he didn't go out of his way to get more pageviews. I think it's different to writing for yourself.
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by alexro 17y ago
Now you should be well settled in for applying to YC
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by alexro 17y ago
As real time search gets more traction data providers will certainly emerge
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by alexro 17y ago
How long before mattresses with the built-in accelerometers start producing? I actually don't move that much, so for it'd be safer bet to have the accelerometers in many places.
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by alexro 17y ago
Isn't it a hackers' website? Also, isn't there a question on the YC application form asking how one hacked something non-computer?
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by alexro 17y ago
I think Max Klein's posts are more about "learn the tricks how to get 50000 page views on will", as opposed to "write good posts and they'll come" Edit: studying at school also doesn't create value by itself, and many people never get much
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by alexro 17y ago
The point here is to be able to reproduce it on will
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Couldn't be said better
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by alexro 17y ago
In the extreme it actually works better than the opposite "build that and they will come" approach. Though I think the better one is as usual a balance of two
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by alexro 17y ago
Now that's interesting, a social engineer + software developer = new kind of entrepreneur? The plan: outsmart people in the social space (creating a momentum) and then start selling them software (creating long term effect). The problem her
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by alexro 17y ago
Few months isn't that hard to sacrifice, remember sunk-costs and don't get burnt out. Edit: the bright side is that you know iPhone inside-out and seeing an opportunity can start on something else pretty fast
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by alexro 17y ago
Why didn't that folder was enabled on my laptop when I bought one?? So much time would have been saved
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by alexro 17y ago
A questionnaire at the end would be more useful if grouped by purpose and influence on price, i.e. answering yes here and yes there gives an option to charge for comfort 3x amount :) Possibly an idea for a weekend project...
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by alexro 17y ago
As much as he was off in 2009, he will be off in 2010 with the predictions. In particular, having trouble getting Twitter seriously, I struggle to grasp in what ways Yammer is useful outside of few setups, It doesn't apply to public audienc
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by alexro 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1030348
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by alexro 17y ago
So it looks like the difference between a startup and a small business is that the priority one for startups is technology or new business model (innovation) and small businesses focus on the operational returns (optimization)
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A recent example comes to mind - Etherpad

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